Mix X-files, Twin Peaks and all your favorite super hero comics together. Then add some special sauce to produce Heroes.
It is the best show on the tube at this time. Well, certainly the best show that I’ve watched over the past few years.
All time? Maybe….but that answer will have to wait a few years.
The INS wants you score 80% or better on an oral version of this test.
I scored 90% and will make the usual disclaimer that at least one of the questions I got wrong was not particularly germane to being a good citizen. It was something that most folks would look up rather than remember.
How well did you do?
Here is the current list of possible questions (PDF) with answers.
In the new pilot exam (PDF) applicants are required to anwer only 6 out of 10 questions during the pilot period.
Main bureaucrats will not allow this beer to be sold:
But not because it exceeds alcohol content limits or some other more appropriate reason.* Nope, aschcroft and gonzalez would be proud of them:
But the state says it’s within its rights. The label with Santa might appeal to children, said Maine State Police Lt. Patrick Fleming.
Gosh, do they really allow children to buy alcoholic beverages in Maine?
Via Pharyngula.
*Regular readers know that the Modulator staff believe that the only legitimate reason to prohibit sale of a product might be that the product contained contaminants like mercury, e coli, etc. Otherwise the state has no business interfering in economic transactions between consenting adults.
The 6th Festival of the Trees is up at Arboreality.
Oh my, to have time to read and view the whole festival! sigh…
Via Burning Silo.
Get the Skepchick and Skepdude 2007 Nude Calendars (WS):
Two calendars, two dozen critical thinkers in various states of undress
Via Total Drek.